Mary Hansen

Mary Hansen
Hansen in 1996
Background information
Birth nameMary Therese Hansen
Born(1966-11-01)1 November 1966
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Died9 December 2002(2002-12-09) (aged 36)
London, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Vocalist
  • musician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • percussion
  • keyboards
Years active1986–2002
Formerly of

Mary Therese Hansen (1 November 1966 – 9 December 2002) was an Australian guitarist and singer. She joined the London-based avant-pop band Stereolab in 1992. As a member, Hansen recorded six studio albums from Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements (August 1993) to Sound-Dust (August 2001).

As a side-project, in late 1999 she formed the space rock group Schema with members of Seattle-based band Hovercraft, and they issued their debut album, Schema, on 19 September 2000. On 9 December 2002, Hansen was struck and killed by a truck while bicycling in London.

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